The History of Basketball By Andrew Lantz. The Origins of Basketball Canadian P.E. coach in a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts created the game in.

The History of Basketball

ByAndrew Lantz

The Origins of Basketball

Canadian P.E. coach in a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts created the game in the winter of 1891.

Only passing and shooting allowed into a ten foot tall basket until dribbling was introduced in the fifties. Then the three point line was introduced in 1979 for the NBA and 1986 for the NCAA. Also dunking went away from 1967-1976 because of Lew Alcindor’s complete dominance. The prohibition of dunking was sometimes called the Lew Alcindor rule.

In 1892 the first game was played with nine players, and in 1893 it was introduced into a few high schools and colleges.

The first basketball court

Dimensions and Game Explanation

The Rim-18in. Men’s ball-9.5in. Women’s ball-9in. High School court- 84ft. by 50ft. College court- 94ft. by 50ft.

The Greatest Players and Fun Facts

NBA-Scoring record NBA-Assists record NBA-FG% record NBA-FT% record NBA-Most

Championships won by a single player

Famous College players

Famous NBA players

Jerry West is the NBA logo The original basketball

wasn’t actually a basketball, it was a hybrid of a volleyball, soccer ball, and football.

Mugsy Bogues was the shortest player to play in the NBA. He was only five feet, three inches tall.

The tallest man to play in the NBA was Gheorghe Muresan. He was seven feet, seven inches tall.

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